Game tally-board for roquet



(No Model.)

A. T. DANA.

GAME TALLY BOARD FOR ROQUET.

Patented Oct. 24, 1893.

wwwmw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

ALPHEUS T. DANA, OF.WARREN, VERMONT.

GAME TALLY-BOARD FOR ROQUET.

:EPECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,1 1 1, dated October 24, 1893.

Application filed November 21, 1892. $erial No. 452,617. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHEUS T. DANA, of Warren, in the county of Washington and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement for Keeping the Tally in a Game of Cards called Roquet, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a peculiar arrange ment of holes in a table, stand or board, into which pegs can be inserted so the standing of the game can readily be determined by a glance.

It consists in the following arrangement of parts: The players are furnished with a board, stand or table, having a central space containing holes and pegs. On either side of this space are located holes for keeping the tally in the game and the total number of games played. The particulars connected with the count and so much of the game as'will be necessary to establish the importance of the invention will be described in the following specification reference being had to the accompanying drawing and letters of reference marked thereon, which forms part of this specification.

The figure is a view in perspective, showing the entire mechanism for keeping the count in the game.

A A are the two sides pierced with holes.

B represents the tally holes, composed of a single row to the fifteenth hole. From there out to the end of the board the rows are double, but the holes may be arranged differently. The fifteenth hole, D, and the opposite one, E, are made a special feature of importance in this game, as are also holes 20, 30, 31 and 40. In the game row, which is numbered from 5 to 100, the important hole is represented by the fortieth number and is called the slam hole, but this can occupy a different position on the board provided the players agree to it.

F is called the livrette space, where important cards peculiar to the game are placed face upward. The four pegs or bars, a at aa, shown on the livrette space, are for convenience in keeping the cards apart, and can also be used as a playing table.

Holes G, G, G, are for convenience in raising the cards from the livrette.

H, H are livrette attachments provided with three important holes which are peculiar to this game, affording a great amount of pleasure; but the game proper can be played without these attachments.

I Iare bars which separate the tally and game counting holes from the peg hole rows I have shown my invention with the two sides A A attached to the coincident sides of the livrette board, and said board provided with ornamentations, but I do not wish tolimit myself to this exclusive style of construction.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a game counter central board F containing the holes G, and provided with pegs a, and the two rows of holes for tallying, in each, the game and the total number of games played, located at the side of each edge of said board substantially as set forth and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have aifixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALPHEUS T. DANA.

Witnesses:

E. M. WOOSTER, MARY MARTYN. 

